Clinicopathologic study of small hepatocellular carcinoma with microscopic satellite nodules to determine the extent of tumor ablation by local therapy

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 485-491

  Ikeda, Kozo ^a   Seki, Toshihito ^a   Umehara, Hideto ^a   Inokuchi, Ryosuke ^a   Tamai, Toru ^a   Sakaida, Noriko ^a   Uemura, Yoshiko ^a   Kamiyama, Yasuo ^a   Okazaki, Kazuichi ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Local ablation therapy; Treatment margin

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38449110695     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.31.3.485     Document Type: Article

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